Crufts 2025: Full schedule, opening times and TV coverage
CRUFTS is known as the “greatest dog show on earth” – and for good reason.
More than 20,000 entrants will make their way to Birmingham NEC for four days of preening, pampering and posing – and that’s just the owners.
You looking at me … standard poodle Caramarvel agent Carter and their owner before being shown to judges on the first day of Crufts at the Birmingham NEC in 2024.
Along with the prize rosettes handed out to the best examples of dozens of breeds and classes there will be plenty of other doggy action – including flyball, agility, heelwork to music, and The Kennel Club Hero Dog award.
Here’s everything we know so far:
How to get tickets
You can purchase standard tickets, which cost from £24 to £29, from the links below:
Thursday & Friday – buy here
Saturday – buy here
Sunday – buy here
How to watch Crufts 2025
Once again highlights of Crufts will be shown on Channel 4 and More 4, including live coverage of the Best in Show trophy being awarded. There will be nearly 20 hours of coverage.
If you are attending the event, it opens at 08.15am in the main arena on Thursday, March 6, with the Agility Crufts Novice Cup (Jumping) competition.
Yunalesca’s Mad As A Hatter jumps an obstacle during the agility competition on day two of Crufts last year.
Daily schedules
March 6: Terrier and Hound
Morning highlights: Agility Crufts Novice Cup (Jumping) at 8.15am and Heelwork to Music competition at 10.15am.
Afternoon highlights: Heelwork to Music Competition winner at 15.50pm.
Evening highlights: Group judging (Hound) and Presentation at 19.15pm (programme ends at 20.05pm).
FULL SCHEDULE:
8.15am Agility Crufts Novice Cup (Jumping)
9.25am: Agility Championships – Large/Intermediate (Jumping)
10.30am: Heelwork to Music Competition
11.50am: Break
12.30pm: Agility Crufts Novice Cup Final (Agility)
1.25pm: Agility Champs Large/Intermediate (Agility)
2.15pm:
Young Kennel Club -Jumping Cup
3.10pm: Flyball – The Last 16
3.50pm: Heelwork to Music Competition Winner
3.55pm: West Midlands Police Display
4.25pm: Break
5pm: Agility Championships – Large/Intermediate Final
5.40pm: Junior Warrant Competition Final1
6pm: Breeders Competition Final
6.25pm: Group judging (Terrier) and presentation
7.15pm: Group judging (Hound)
March 7: Utility and Toy
Morning highlights: Joe Cartledge Memorial International Junior Handling competition at 08.30am and Freestyle Heelwork to Music competition at 11.55am.
Afternoon highlights: Freestyle Heelwork to Music Competition winner at 15.50pm.
Evening highlights: Joe Cartledge Memorial International Junior Handling competition Final Judging at 18.15pm (programme ends at 20.15pm).
FULL SCHEDULE:
8.30am: Joe Cartledge Memorial International Junior Handling competition
10.20am: Agility – Crufts Medium ABC & Intermediate/Large Novice ABC Final (Jumping)
11am: Agility – Crufts Singles Heat – S/M/I/L – Jumping
11.55am: Freestyle Heelwork to Music competition
1.30pm: Agility – Crufts Singles Heat – S/M/I/L – Agility
2.25pm: Agility – Crufts Medium ABC and Intermediate/Large Novice ABC Final (Agility)
3.10pm: Flyball – Team – The Last 16
3.50pm: Freestyle Heelwork to Music Competition Winner
3.55pm: West Midlands Police Dog Display
4.20pm: Break
5.05pm: Agility – Crufts Singles Final: Small, Medium, Intermediate and Large (Agility)
5.50pm: Vulnerable Breeds Competition Final
6.15pm: Joe Cartledge Memorial International Junior Handling competition Final Judging
6.35pm: Group Judging (Utility) and Presentation
7.25pm: Group Judging (Toy) and Presentation
March 8: Gundog
Morning highlights: Good Citizen Dog Training Scheme Display at 10.00am.
Afternoon highlights: Young Kennel Club – Agility Dog of the Year Finals at 14.20pm.
Evening highlights: Gundog display at 18.25pm and Gamekeepers competition final at 18.45pm (programme ends at 19.50pm).
FULL SCHEDULE:
8.15am: Crufts – International Invitation – Large (Jumping)
9am: Scruffts semi-final
10am: Good Citizen Dog Training Scheme Display
10.30am: Hoopers display
11am: Southern Golden Retriever Display Team
11.20am: West Midlands Police Display
11.50am: Heelwork to Music – Freestyle International Competition
1.40pm: Agility – International Invitation – Large (Agility)
2.20pm: Young Kennel Club – Agility Dog of the Year Finals
3.40pm: Flyball – YKC Flyball finals followed by Team quarter finals
4.25pm: Break
4.50pm: Show Opening and Parade
5pm: Agility – International Invitation – Large – Agility Finals
5.40pm: Scruffts final
6.05pm: Heelwork to Music – Freestyle International Winner
6.10pm: Obedience Champion (Bitch) and Reserve (Bitch) Display
6.25pm: Gundog display
6.45pm: Gamekeepers competition final
7pm: Group Judging (Gundog) and Presentation
March 9: Working and Pastoral
Morning highlights: Rescue Dog Agility at 09.40am and Heelwork to Music Winner at 10.40am.
Afternoon highlights: Kennel Club Hero Dog Award at 17.40pm.
Evening highlights: West Midlands Police Dog Display at 20.00pm and – the big one – Best in Show and Presentation at 20.30pm (event ends at 21.00pm).
FULL SCHEDULE:
8.35am: Agility – Championships – Small/Medium (Jumping)
9.40am: Rescue Dog Agility
10.10am: Good Citizen Dog Training Scheme Display
10.40am: Heelwork to Music Winner
10.45am: Dog Activities Display
11.15am: Southern Golden Retriever Display Team
11.35am: Break12:00Agility Championships – Small/Medium (Agility)
1.05pm: Medical Detection Dogs display
1.35pm: Arena cleared
3pm: Arena open for Best in Show ticket holders
4.15pm: Samantha Oxborough, classical singer
4.30pm: Flyball – Semi-Finals and Final
4.50pm: Samantha Oxborough
5pm: Agility – Championship – Small/Medium – Agility Final
5.40pm: The Kennel Club Hero Dog Award
5.50pm: Young Kennel Club Stakes Final and Presentation
6pm: Group Judging (Working) and Presentation
6.50pm: Group Judging (Pastoral) and Presentation (preceded by presentation of BIS 2024 painting)
7.50pm: Samantha Oxborough, classical singer
8pm: West Midlands Police Dog Display
8.20pm: Presentation of the Police Dog Team Operational and Humanitarian Action of the Year Award
8.27pm: Samantha Oxborough – Classical singer
8.30pm: Best in Show and Presentation
Please note all the above displays and competitions take place in the main arena.
A handler prepares their Afghan Hound for the show ring on the final day of Crufts 2024.
Who will be presenting Crufts 2025?
The coverage will be led by Clare Balding, who will be joined by co-presenter Radzi Chinyanganya.
There will also be two new faces – Paralympic Champion Ellie Simmonds and former professional rugby player Ed Jackson.
Ellie and Ed will take to the halls of the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre presenting features, interviews and all the latest news from the biggest dog show in the world.
Huge shake-up for Crufts 2025
As a result of a backlash from animal cruelty campaigners in 2024, The Sun revealed that the show will require pugs, bulldogs and French bulldogs to undergo a breathing assessment before being deemed fit to compete this year.
How to get there
The NEC is served by the M6 and M42 motorways and there are extensive car parking facilities on site. For the convenience of the public, shuttle buses operate from the carparks to the main entrance.
For satnav users the NEC postcode is B40 1NT.
Please note that parking charges at the NEC per day (payable on the day) are:
Cars – £17.95
Minibuses – £21.50
Coaches – £29.95
The nearest train station is Birmingham International, just a 10-minute walk from the halls of the NEC. Access to the NEC is via the covered Bridgelink.
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